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This was the second of the Oz films made by L. Frank Baum. The film is called His Majesty, the Scarecrow in some reviews. Re-issues of the film occurred in 1919 and 1920. The 1920 re-issue was re-cut and shown with a companion stage show as a "movical" with new songs by Hopp Hadley and Sol Levy. Alternate titles of the film are The New Wizard of Oz and The Scarecrow of Oz . Frank Moore and Pierre Couderc appeared in the Broadway production of The Wizard of Oz . For information on other film adaptations of the Oz books, please consult the entry for the 1939 M-G-M production The Wizard of Oz , directed by Victor Fleming and starring Judy Garland in AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1931-40 ...MoreLess

This was the second of the Oz films made by L. Frank Baum. The film is called His Majesty, the Scarecrow in some reviews. Re-issues of the film occurred in 1919 and 1920. The 1920 re-issue was re-cut and shown with a companion stage show as a "movical" with new songs by Hopp Hadley and Sol Levy. Alternate titles of the film are The New Wizard of Oz and The Scarecrow of Oz . Frank Moore and Pierre Couderc appeared in the Broadway production of The Wizard of Oz . For information on other film adaptations of the Oz books, please consult the entry for the 1939 M-G-M production The Wizard of Oz , directed by Victor Fleming and starring Judy Garland in AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1931-40 .
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In Oz, Dorothy is enslaved by Old Mombi, a witch who uses her as a kitchen maid. When Princess Gloria, the daughter of King Krewl, falls in love with Pon, a gardener's boy, the king implores Mombi to undermine the relationship. Aided by the devil and two sister witches, Mombi concocts a brew and pours it on Gloria's breast and thus turns her heart into ice. Gloria then rejects Pon, who is comforted by Dorothy. Later, in a cornfield, Dorothy befriends the Scarecrow and with the help of Pon, puts him back together after Mombi tears him apart. On a winding road, they meet Button Bright, the Tin Woodman, and the Cowardly Lion. They enlist the aid of the Wizard of Oz, who imprisons Mombi in a tin can. King Krewl is deposed, the Scarecrow is crowned, and Mombi removes the spell she has cast on ...
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In Oz, Dorothy is enslaved by Old Mombi, a witch who uses her as a kitchen maid. When Princess Gloria, the daughter of King Krewl, falls in love with Pon, a gardener's boy, the king implores Mombi to undermine the relationship. Aided by the devil and two sister witches, Mombi concocts a brew and pours it on Gloria's breast and thus turns her heart into ice. Gloria then rejects Pon, who is comforted by Dorothy. Later, in a cornfield, Dorothy befriends the Scarecrow and with the help of Pon, puts him back together after Mombi tears him apart. On a winding road, they meet Button Bright, the Tin Woodman, and the Cowardly Lion. They enlist the aid of the Wizard of Oz, who imprisons Mombi in a tin can. King Krewl is deposed, the Scarecrow is crowned, and Mombi removes the spell she has cast on Gloria.
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Seventy-year-old newspaper tycoon Charles Foster Kane dies in his palatial Florida home, Xanadu, after uttering the single word “Rosebud.” While watching a newsreel summarizing the years during which Kane ... >>

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